A river that is home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles is given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games.

Are ebooks and print books in some sort of fierce battle to the death with one another in which the only outcome is total dominance? Will ebooks soon drive their dinosaur cousin to extinction or will print books will see ebooks off and show the whole digital phenomenon to be a mere flash in the pan? Neither of these outcomes is likely…

No, not Inspector Morse, but the St Hilda's Crime Fiction Writing Weekend with the theme of Bad Apples – Crime fiction’s enemies and anti-heroes. In all my sixteen plus years of writing thrillers, this was my first time at this high quality and fun weekend. It's been going for 33 years! The original Victorian building was impressive and the modern additions carefully blended in.

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In his book 'Pox Romana,' Colin Elliott delves into the devastating effects of the Antonine Plague, a pandemic that might have hastened the decline of one of history's greatest empires.

Simon and Schuster  27 August 2026 Thanks to the publisher for the invitation to read this book Sometimes the right story leads you home . ....

The (in)famous green jacket and I went to the very green island of Ireland for this year's Historical Novel Society conference. West of Dublin, Maynooth University is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland and combines historical roots with modern technology. I was delighted to contribute a talk on alternative history on the Saturday – more below! Never having visited it, I enthusiastically went on the Friday excursion to the…

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